OK, by popular demand, we took a few more Raley videos last night once we had mostly finished dinner (hence the messy face).  Here are our two favorites:

First, I think this video pretty much sums up Raley’s personality.  In 12 seconds.


Happy, and then not

People always comment on how happy Raley is, and the fact is that in public she is usually very happy. She loves people, she loves activity, and she is most content when there’s a lot going on for her to observe, and sometimes participate in.  We usually reply to those people, yes, she’s a very happy baby, except when she’s not… basically, she has two moods: happy and irate.   And it changes so quickly!  In case you were wondering what provoked that mood change, the answer is absolutely nothing.  That’s just how she rolls.  After I stopped filming, she actually continued crying for about 15 seconds, and then went back to waving her hands, and then happy again.  You just never know!

And here’s a longer one (in happy mood) for your enjoyment.


RaleySpeak and Yogurt!

Dan and I often comment about what a beautiful language RaleySpeak is - you can hear some of it at the beginning of the movie.  It’s a lot of g’s and l’s and many words along the lines of glihglihgleegihl.  Too bad there’s only one fluent speaker, and she can’t yet translate for us, so we have very little idea what most things mean.  No mamamama or dadada for this girl!   She does have a few words so far, most of which revolve around animals: kitty (pronounced ga-gih), piggy (there’s a guinea pig at daycare; this one sounds almost like piggy), cat (gah), woof woof (ooh ooh when she sees a doggie) and sometimes doggie.  She said “airplane” once but mostly just makes a sign (we live under a runway, so she gets lots of opportunity!).  She has additional signs for “want” and “up.”  She steadfastly refuses to say “mama” or “dada” or anything similar, although she definitely knows who they mean!